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Now in my theater training I showed no aptitude at all.
Jeremy Irons -
Most people have fallen by the wayside once or twice in their lives, and because the world is so transparent now, I think they're very fearful of running for office.
Jeremy Irons
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I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.
Jeremy Irons -
I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the case sadly.
Jeremy Irons -
I wouldn't call myself a method actor, but I have my own method. I do my own research. I come up with a background for the character. I'm not a club man. I don't like isms. I've never really studied Stanislavski.
Jeremy Irons -
I have played characters where I haven't been absorbed - you know, what I call a typical film leading man role where you just have to look gorgeous and be attractive and charming. It bores me. I like a bit of dirt, a bit of sand in the oyster.
Jeremy Irons -
Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same.
Jeremy Irons -
It was a better time to be a young actor when I started out. There was a repertory system where you could go and practise.
Jeremy Irons